Speldhurst
OS Grid Reference: TQ5541
The 1841 population was 2,753
The 1841 population was 2,753
Administrative Units
Speldhurst fell within the Hundred of Washlingstone. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Tonbridge.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester to 1845, PCC 1846-57.
Speldhurst parish included part of Tunbridge Wells town, also Groombridge chapel, Rusthall and Langton Green.
See NWKFHS publications West Kent Sources and School Records for further information.
Church and Chapels (pre 1910)
Speldhurst, St Mary the Virgin
Church of England - Ancient Parish Church
Original Registers
These date from 1538.
Original Registers
These date from 1538.
St Mary the Virgin - Apr 1990
Groombridge, St John the Evangelist
Chapel of ease, built 1625.
Erected 1625 as a private chapel by John Packer of Groombridge Place.
Original Registers
These date from 1848.
Erected 1625 as a private chapel by John Packer of Groombridge Place.
Original Registers
These date from 1848.
St John the Evangelist - Aug 1998
Rusthall, St Paul, Rusthall Common
Church built 1849-50; parish created 1868 from Speldhurst St Mary.
Original Registers
These date from 1850.
Original Registers
These date from 1850.
St Paul - Jun 2000
Langton Green, All Saints, Groombridge Hill
Church built 1862-3; parish created 1880 from Speldhurst St Mary.
Original Registers
These date from 1863.
Original Registers
These date from 1863.
All Saints - Jun 2000
Church of England cont.
- Evangelical Free Chapel: Northfields. (1886). No information on registers.
Wesleyan/Methodist
- Wesleyan: Stonewall Park Rd, Langton green. Built 1871 (replaced earlier building?); closed cWWII. Original registers from 1849.